Mankulam: Troops attached to the 57 Division yesterday captured an LTTE airstrip in Panikkankulam area, seven kilometres northwest of Mankulam, Military Spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara told the Daily News. According to Brigadier Nanayakkara the airstrip, 500 metres long and 50 metres wide, is located west of the A9 road and close to the rail track. [...]
Two LTTE assault boats which were spotted off the Pooneryn coast last night (29)were attacked and destroyed by the Sri Lanka Navy, defence sources said. The elite Special Boat Squadron (SBS) had detected the suspicious movement of two assault boats moving close to the coast from Pooneryn to Kalmunai point (K-point) around 11 pm. Having [...]
The Supreme Court has issued an order to private bus operators to ensure that ticketing machines and uniforms are used by the conductors when discharging their duties from the first of January next year (2009). As an initial step the ticketing machines and the uniforms will be used in the Western Province. This issue has [...]
Ganemulla : One person was killed and 32 people injured as the Polgahawela bound train and the Kandy bound intercity train collided at the Ganemulla station around 4 p.m yesterday, the Trains Control Room and Gampaha hospital sources said yesterday. According to initial reports the Kandy bound intercity express train that left Colombo Fort railway [...]
A minor explosion along Malwaththa road in Colombo Fort area around 12.30 p.m. today (29) damaged five cars and vans that were in the vehicle park. One woman and a man with minor injuries have been admitted to the Colombo General Hospital for treatment, Military Spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara said. Police Spokesman SSP Ranjith Gunasekara [...]
By 2009 Tamil Elam would have survived for 87 long, miserable years and died. The mythical state that was built on myths, deception, lies, terror and rubbish would have ended the promise of a modern day Chola kingdom for many Tamil racist elements around the world. This is an ideal opportunity to look back at [...]
Police Special Task Force (STF) commandos thwarted an LTTE infiltration bid at Kalawanchikudi in Ampara district this morning (Sept 29). According to the Media Centre for National Security (MCNS) an STF patrol has detected a suspicious boat moving in the Kodamadhu lagoon around 5 AM. When the STF personnel challenged the persons on the boat, [...]
Cowardly use of Buddhism to denigrate Buddhists: There is an old Sinhala metaphor that says ‘Ourage malu ourage enge thiyan kapanawa’ which refers to an act of using a slain pig’s carcass as a table to cut the pig’s flesh on. We find this attitude in certain non-Buddhists who resort to a malicious use of [...]
Lt Gen Sarath Fonseka greatest hero of our time: Sri Lanka Muslim Congress Leader Rauff Hakeem, who has come strongly against a statement made by the Army Commander Lt.Gen.Sarath Fonseka, to the Canadian News Paper National Post, has no lesson to give to the Army Commander. The Army Commander has issued a statement as a [...]
